Spelling Bee : Kosofe LG grants hundreds of students , pupils school materials

 Spelling Bee: Kosofe LG grants hundreds of students, pupils school materials

Competition

By Kazeem Akande

 

Lagos, Oct. 12, 2021(NAN) Kosofe Local Government has granted school materials to hundreds of students and pupils at the 2021 Spelling Bee competition held at the council Secretariat on Tuesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council 2021 Spelling Bee  preliminary Stage competition was headed by the Chairperson of Kofofe Local Government Mrs Temitayo Ogunlewe.

Ogunlewe Wife of the Council Chairman in her opening remarks, said that the spelling bee was an academic competition between the pupils and the students in the local government.

According to her, the competition is the brain child and pet project of the former First Lady of Lagos State, Senator Oluremi Tinubu who introduced the competition years back.

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' The former first lady introduced this competition in order to boost the reasoning  and improve the spelling abilities of pupils in primary and students in secondary schools in the state.

"Research has shown that this competition has helped boost morale, confidence, public speaking and improves the pupils general knowledge and proficiency of the English language," she said.

Ogunlewe  said that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State in his agenda has placed the competition on a high pedestal.

She advised the pupils to be hard working saying that was the key that unlock the gates to success.

"I must continue to emphasise that education and hard work is the key that unlock the gates to success and when you add good morals, integrity and respectable character you are sure to go far in life.

"To the parents, guardians and teachers, pls I employ you to continue your good work of impacting knowledge and continuously encouraging the pupils in their academics and extra curricular activities," she said.

According to her, it is important that we do not underestimate the value and role that encouragement and positive affirmation plays in nurturing and developing the minds and abilities of pupils.

She added that the students were the future and they needed to be well taught in both academics and good morals.

Adetomiwa Christiana, a student of Senior High School Maryland Lagos, who came first in the competition thanked the local government for the competition and the gift materials.

"I thanked the local government for given us the opportunity to showcase our abilities in this competition and the gift items presented to us," she said.

Ebi Jessica, a Pupil from the Anglican Primary School Ogudu, who came first at the primary school level also thanked the organisers for the kind gestures.

NAN reports that hundreds of students and pupils of various in within the local government participated in the competition where they were given school bags, writing materials, mathematical sets and other school items. (NAN)